Editing Partner characters (section)

== Friend Characters ==
In ''Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity'', it's possible to send Support Character from the Community Tab in the menu during multi-mode to other players in the party. Once received and saved, it becomes possible to bring other player's characters into the party.

When invited, the Friend Character keeps their type level and type abilities. They will be equipped with the shield-weave at the top of their palette, and only the [[Blast Module]] on that shield-weave is kept. They will also have 5 times normal HP.

Similar to Your Other Characters, if the character does not have [[Resta]] linked to any weapons on their palette, they will cast Resta using a [[Wand]] when needed. This [[Wand]] will appear even if the character has an otherwise full palette.

After a mission is cleared, the Friend Character has a chance of rewarding the player with [[Currencies#Extend Fragments|Extend Fragments]] or a Photon Art that character is equipped with. The level of the photon art disc is dependent on the level of the player, and the level of the disc is increased by 5 if the player has a Friend Character of every Race and Gender combination saved.

The friend character's Level is automatically set to the equivalent of the player character's level. Their stats are scaled downwards or upwards accordingly. Their stat bonuses from [[Rebirth]] are still applied.

If the friend character becomes too low level to use their weapons (including a weapon that's extended from a lower level one), that weapon will be replaced with a generic brand weapon in the same category. Its element and element percentage will be kept (unless the new weapon is elemental locked, such as the [[Crimson]]). These weapons will be upgraded as the player level increases, until the line of generic brand products end (usually at Lv100) or the friend character is high enough level to uses their original weapon.

If an extended weapon is replaced with a lower level one, the new weapon will retain the special effects of the previous weapon (unless the effect is Reflect), but the effect's level will be the same as the special effects level of the new weapon.

Unsealed weapons are treated as sealed, and their stats and special effect levels will be lowered to match. Except for [[Akatsuki In]], which is a transform condition rather than an unseal.

If the friend character's level is too low for their [[Shield-weaves]], that [[Shield-weaves]] will also be downgraded. The pattern for how [[Shield-weaves]] are replaced is currently unknown. However, if a [[Shield-weaves|Shield-weave]] is replaced, their [[Blast Modules]] will not be re-linked, regardless of the rank of their blast module, thus leaving them without a [[Blast Types|Blast Technique]]. This applies to Humans, Newmans, Casts, and also applies to Beasts in a similar fashion: if a Beast is too low-level to use their Blast Badge, they will not be able to access that or any [[Blast Types|Blast Technique]].

===Example Cases===

'''<u>Case 1:</u>'''

''A Friend Character of Level 1, equipped with an Ice [[Steel Hearts I]], is invited into the party of a Level 70 player:''

Weapons are not scaled upwards, so nothing changes.

'''<u>Case 2:</u>'''

''A Friend Character of Level 120, equipped with an Ice [[Steel Hearts IV]], is invited into the party of a Level 70 player:''

The Friend Character's [[Steel Hearts IV]] is replaced with a generic brand of the same category with a sufficient level, in this case, the GRM produced [[Huge Cutter]]. The [[Huge Cutter]] retains the same element, element percentage, and equipped Photon Arts as the [[Steel Hearts IV]].

'''<u>Case 3:</u>'''

''A Friend Character of Level 130, equipped with an Ice [[Zero Saber]], is invited into the party of a Level 70 player:''

The Friend Character's [[Zero Saber]] is replaced with a generic brand of the same category with a sufficient level, in this case, the GRM produced [[Crimson]]. Since the Crimson is fire-locked, their saber is now Fire instead of Ice, with the same Photon Arts equipped as before.

'''<u>Case 4:</u>''' 

''A Friend Character of Level 120, equipped with an unsealed Ice [[Kokuintou Hozuki]], extended to have the special effect Drain Lv5, is invited into the party of a Level 70 player:''

The Friend Character's [[Kokuintou Hozuki]] is replaced with a generic brand of the same category with a sufficient level, in this case, the GRM produced [[Huge Cutter]]. The [[Huge Cutter]] retains the same element, element percentage, and equipped Photon Arts as the [[Kokuintou Hozuki]]. Since the [[Kokuintou Hozuki]] has been extended with a Drain effect, the [[Huge Cutter]], which normally does not have any special effects, gains Drain. [[Huge Cutter]]'s special effect level only goes up to Lv1, thus it gains Drain Lv1. Note that the [[Huge Cutter]] normally cannot gain Drain via extending, but Friend Characters does not have such weaknesses.

'''<u>Case 5:</u>'''

''A Friend Character of Level 120, equipped with an unsealed Ice [[Kokuintou Hozuki]], extended to have the special effect Drain Lv5, is invited to the party of a Level 90 player:''

The [[Kokuintou Hozuki]] is not replaced, as a Level 90 character is able to equip it. However, it loses the effects gained from Unsealing. Its ATK is lowered from 1259 to 969, and its Drain Lv5 is lowered to Drain Lv1, which is what it would have had without unsealing.

<u>'''Shield-Weaves and Blasts'''</u>
Note that, for cases 2 to 5, if the Friend Character, who is downgraded to Lv70, is originally equipped with a Lv100 [[Shield-weaves|Shield-weave]], that Shield-weave will be downgraded. And if it's equipped with a Blast Module, they will not be able to access that Blast, even if the Blast Module is only B-rank (thus a Lv10 requirement).

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